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it was all anti-obama. nobody has a pro-romney argument, and even romney supporters aren't effectually for him. >> okay. >> my aunt delores in st. louis sick in the hospital today, i called her before i was on my way here. she didn't answer the phone, and then my cousin responded is because she doesn't like to pick up phone calls from numbers she doesn't remember. i think that's the thing about black people, about older people, about seniors, about young people, about people who are broke and a lot of people who are not being polled krektdkrekt correctly and i think the polls would show there's an undercount. >> i know a lot of broke white people that don't respond to polls either. >> aunt delores is not feeling well. i wish you the best and speedy recovery. polls close in florida in less than six hours and the secretary of state is predicting a record high turnout with up to 9 million people voting. up next i talk with danny vargas and the washington post's ann kornbluth. the man everyone talks about when
it was all anti-obama. nobody has a pro-romney argument, and even romney supporters aren't effectually for him. >> okay. >> my aunt delores in st. louis sick in the hospital today, i called her before i was on my way here. she didn't answer the phone, and then my cousin responded is because she doesn't like to pick up phone calls from numbers she doesn't remember. i think that's the thing about black people, about older people, about seniors, about young people, about people who are...
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president obama up 50%, 48%. chuck todd said we can learn a lot about polls, but we'll perhaps learn more about where these men will close out tonight. new hampshire for governor romney, iowa for president obama. we're waiting to confirm actually, chris, whether or not mitt romney plans to make an unprecedented stop on the final day in ohio tomorrow, the day people are going out most to vote. >> well, you know, the last two stops with iowa for the president and new hampshire for governor romney were supposed to be these symbolic exclamation points to the campaign. if governor romney is doing a last stop on election day, which at least in my memory i haven't seen before. >> i was told in 2008 president obama did it in indiana. this is the ap reporting that romney will be in ohio. in 2008 it was indiana for president obama. >> that was more symbolic considering where the race was. in ohio it's clear it's down to the hair. in most of these states, in particular in iowa and nevada, democrats have it locked up with ea
president obama up 50%, 48%. chuck todd said we can learn a lot about polls, but we'll perhaps learn more about where these men will close out tonight. new hampshire for governor romney, iowa for president obama. we're waiting to confirm actually, chris, whether or not mitt romney plans to make an unprecedented stop on the final day in ohio tomorrow, the day people are going out most to vote. >> well, you know, the last two stops with iowa for the president and new hampshire for governor...
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of course, you're hearing the barbs from the obama campaign, in fact, from president obama himself saying that mitt romney doesn't represent change. >> and we were looking at the ads in this final week. it's interesting because it's not just television. but the radio ad wars as well. >> that's right. what is most interesting about what's going on, you mentioned the $143 million figure being spent on the final week of the presidential contest is that team romney, and that's the romney campaign and all the republican-leaning super groups, they're almost outspending team obama by nearly a 2-1 ratio. so we're actually going to get a sense to see if the super pacs really are able to move the needle in this presidential contest or whether there's already so much ad saturation out there that all these ads that are occurring in the final week of the campaign don't matter all that much, the people who have seen almost every tv ad that you can imagine in ohio, virginia and other battlegrounds. >> all right. mark murray, great pleasure having you on, two times, very nice, always a pleasure. >>> let
of course, you're hearing the barbs from the obama campaign, in fact, from president obama himself saying that mitt romney doesn't represent change. >> and we were looking at the ads in this final week. it's interesting because it's not just television. but the radio ad wars as well. >> that's right. what is most interesting about what's going on, you mentioned the $143 million figure being spent on the final week of the presidential contest is that team romney, and that's the...
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president obama isn't using george w. bush's name, but the message is actually pretty crystal clear. and you're seeing these two competing closing arguments at the very end. >> with that being the argument from the president that, you know, especially before hurricane sandy it was when mitt romney unveiled this notion that he is the change candidate here, how has his campaign, or have they effectively fought back that what he is offering back at this late game, 3, 2, 1, what we is a at the bottom, he offering anything that proves he would in fact bring in change? >> well, he hasn't rebutted those criticisms of how his policies are different than george w. bush's. the one he has pointed out, and he did this at the debate is he would actually balance the budget, something that george w. bush didn't do. so that's where he says he would be different. but when you actually look at a lot of the advisers, a lot of the economic policies, they do seem the same. and he hasn't really rebutted that. but what he is actually doing is m
president obama isn't using george w. bush's name, but the message is actually pretty crystal clear. and you're seeing these two competing closing arguments at the very end. >> with that being the argument from the president that, you know, especially before hurricane sandy it was when mitt romney unveiled this notion that he is the change candidate here, how has his campaign, or have they effectively fought back that what he is offering back at this late game, 3, 2, 1, what we is a at...
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hurricane sandy saved barack obama's presidency. it broke the momentum that romney had coming in at the end of the october, but that's not chris christie's fault. >> he lets chris christie off the hook and blames sandy and not the larger concerns about the party brand and moving ahead. they think it's a storm. >> i think that the governor misunderstands the significance of the christie moment. americans liked to see the democratic standard bearer working together with the man who delivered the keynote address for the republican national convention. that's what we want more of. we don't want to be led fringes or polarization. we want them to act like adults and get along. it boded well for both of them. today what republicans should do is assess their nomination process from four yeerdz years from now. if they fov a strangle hold on the process, it's lights out. it will put forth sarah pull lynn, mike huckabee or rick santorum and none of them can win. >> let me play real quick, a.b., this conversation between ann coulter and laura i
hurricane sandy saved barack obama's presidency. it broke the momentum that romney had coming in at the end of the october, but that's not chris christie's fault. >> he lets chris christie off the hook and blames sandy and not the larger concerns about the party brand and moving ahead. they think it's a storm. >> i think that the governor misunderstands the significance of the christie moment. americans liked to see the democratic standard bearer working together with the man who...
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president obama still won them. the biggest flaw in mitt romney total rationale of losing, this is what politicians and presidents do, they deliver. you tout the health care law. he campaigned on and delivered not only to minorities but to everyone who has a potential to end up benefitting. mitt romney on that conference call was saying, president obama was able to deliver to his voters. well, a lot of people say that's what a politician who wins re-election should do. as far as a presentation giving, he gave a presentation yesterday to gop senators. it contained a lot of exit poll data. it did not say anything about gifts, why mitt romney lost. it looked at it and the things we discussed in the past, the changing demographics in the country. a little bump president obama got from hurricane sandy as well as a lot of voters still blaming george w. bush more than barack obama for the state of the economy. >> it's so interesting. i liked at ohio a lot, and we talked about, governor rendell, ohio. mark, the auto bailout
president obama still won them. the biggest flaw in mitt romney total rationale of losing, this is what politicians and presidents do, they deliver. you tout the health care law. he campaigned on and delivered not only to minorities but to everyone who has a potential to end up benefitting. mitt romney on that conference call was saying, president obama was able to deliver to his voters. well, a lot of people say that's what a politician who wins re-election should do. as far as a presentation...
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president obama has an 81% chance of winning. that picked up since yesterday. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] hey! [ both laugh ] ♪ >>> in four days you have a choice to make. it's not just a choice between two parties or two candidates. it's a choice between two different visions for america. it's a choice between going back to the top-down policies that got us into this mess or the middle out bottom up strategies that have gotten us out of this mess and keep us going. >> president obama on the ground in ohio now headed to republican territory in that state. the stop is in lima outside of columbus. his third event of the day in a county that senator john mccain won in 2008 with 60% of the vote. kristen welker is traveling with the president. she joins us now. as i mentioned, lima, 60% of that vote went to john mccain. is the president tailoring his message different than what we heard today, kristen? >> reporter: good afternoon, tamron. i think we will hear a similar message in lima we heard during the president's first two stops
president obama has an 81% chance of winning. that picked up since yesterday. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] hey! [ both laugh ] ♪ >>> in four days you have a choice to make. it's not just a choice between two parties or two candidates. it's a choice between two different visions for america. it's a choice between going back to the top-down policies that got us into this mess or the middle out bottom up strategies that have gotten us out of this mess and keep us going. >>...
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i would say the obama campaign ran a really smart, targeted campaign. that they were able to bring out in terms of the microtargeting, the numbers that you saw in terms of turnout of african-americans, women, young voters, hispanics, that was a really sophisticated operation. i have to say, i give them enormous amount of credit. i didn't think it was that possible to do what they did. the other part is, you know, in terms of the republican party being, you know, too old, too white, i would add another thing. they're too wrong. they're wrong on the key issues in terms of where the country is. think about this one fact. american people asked in the exit polls where they stood on tax increases for those making more than $250,000, president obama won 60% of the voters and overall majority supported that. that tells you i think really clearly that the republicans are lo losing on issues they thought they would win and win big on. >> erin, let's play chris christie a short time ago finally giving reaction after taking a lot of heat from repuicans who basicall
i would say the obama campaign ran a really smart, targeted campaign. that they were able to bring out in terms of the microtargeting, the numbers that you saw in terms of turnout of african-americans, women, young voters, hispanics, that was a really sophisticated operation. i have to say, i give them enormous amount of credit. i didn't think it was that possible to do what they did. the other part is, you know, in terms of the republican party being, you know, too old, too white, i would add...
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obama has hands-off. he's traveling throughout asia. the united states' voice here has been largely silent. i think part of that is purposeful, and i think part of that is leading from behind some of the strategies the united states has tried to pioneer over the past couple of years, and also i think it's a realization that the united states might not have as much leverage in the region or countries around the region it had a couple of years before the arab spring. >> isn't there great leverage with egypt, you have senator graham and others sends out a warning that money is tied to the progress that egypt tries to facilitate here? >> yes, i think that it is still a declared treaty nation. there's a great deal of aid, and at the same time morsi is clear for lack of a better phrase he refuses to be the united states lapd lapdog. he has much more afin knit in the hamas mission than mubarak did, who saw hamas as a threat to his own rule. to say moem hamed morsecy will do whatever the united states says because aid is tied to it is naive. >>
obama has hands-off. he's traveling throughout asia. the united states' voice here has been largely silent. i think part of that is purposeful, and i think part of that is leading from behind some of the strategies the united states has tried to pioneer over the past couple of years, and also i think it's a realization that the united states might not have as much leverage in the region or countries around the region it had a couple of years before the arab spring. >> isn't there great...
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president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more efficiencies to the program so we can add the years of solvency. >> what about eligibility age change? >> well, eligibility age change would fall in the realm of benefit cuts. we need to focus like i said first on making sure we build in more efficiencies to the program. we have been able to from obama care make sure that with that $716 billion in savings plowed in to waste, fraud and abuse -- fighting waste, fraud and abuse we have collected more than $10 billion in fraudulent medicare payments and we can make more progress in that area, as well. >> thank you so much. i greatly appreciate you joining us. >> thank you, tamron. >> let's bring in now nbc news military analyst retired four-star general barry mccaffrey. no big headline of the president of
president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more efficiencies to the program so we can add the years of solvency. >> what about eligibility age change? >> well, eligibility age change would fall in the realm of benefit cuts. we need to focus like...
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he did not have an easy relationship with president obama when candidate obama went to baghdad. i can attest to that having covered that assignment. he had to get to know this president and trust each other, so they did not come easily to that. he's been talked about as having a political future and been talked about going into academia. he resigned and retired from the military to take the cia position, and he was replacing a very popular cia director, leon panetta, who was the secretary of defense. but the personal and human drama here, the tragedy, really, of a public service, a life in public service and a life of valor, which has you can see from his own admission has been cut short by his personal transgression that he acknowledges is pretty emotional and dramatic stuff. i think that there will be people questioning the benghazi situation, but i think that this has been put out in excruciating detail if you will to try to say this was not about benghazi. he has been called to testify next week in a closed hearing of the senate intelligence committee, and his testimony woul
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they were voting against president obama. before that vote, we did not have the tape of mitt romney saying that many of the people who voted for the president just wanted gifts and that would apply to a large group of people right now worried about entitlement reform in addition to that, erin, we saw republicans turn on mitt romney in droves right after that comment. so what influence does he have if he said, come on, can't we all get along, who would listen? >> no one really. mitt romney lost a lot of ka shay with the rest of the -- >> david -- >> that made me feel bad. >> checked by erin. that's a spanking right there on national tv. >> this meeting is just about making -- >> spectacular. >> just want to make nice after a very difficult election and these debates uncomfortable for a lot of viewers. they have just engaged in a long campaign. they want to make nice. >> should mitt romney bring a gift? >> that's a good question. maybe so. >> we'll see. maybe we'll pose it as a gut check tomorrow. thank you, guys, for your time
they were voting against president obama. before that vote, we did not have the tape of mitt romney saying that many of the people who voted for the president just wanted gifts and that would apply to a large group of people right now worried about entitlement reform in addition to that, erin, we saw republicans turn on mitt romney in droves right after that comment. so what influence does he have if he said, come on, can't we all get along, who would listen? >> no one really. mitt romney...
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>> i don't know who else goes at this point unless it's obama himself. it's not like the white house is replete with people. make jack lou. i think there is a lot to be said for the white house and their position is going to be able to go through with tax cuts. you know, the middle-class tax cut's going to go through. the tax increases on the rich is going to go through. >> the president has the leverage. the gop accusing the white house of failing to put forward the specifics. are democrats saying we told you what to expect farce revenues, now tell us what you want. >> i think the democrats are really at this point just trying to play this game of chicken. i've just come from capitol hill just now. there was a press conference with harry reid and senator murray, senator schumer, senator durbin. i think what they're trying to do, this is a very high stakes game of chicken. they're trying to have the other side blink first and put out a detailed proposal they can then pick apart without having to do that first themselves. >> meanwhile we have republican c
>> i don't know who else goes at this point unless it's obama himself. it's not like the white house is replete with people. make jack lou. i think there is a lot to be said for the white house and their position is going to be able to go through with tax cuts. you know, the middle-class tax cut's going to go through. the tax increases on the rich is going to go through. >> the president has the leverage. the gop accusing the white house of failing to put forward the specifics. are...
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obama. >> that's the fastest growing segment of the population. yes, they're slowly coming up to the reality they have to do something about latinos, but what about the rest of people in the country? what are they doing about women in the country? there's a diverse nation out here that they don't even recognize except for one chunk, the latino community. >> they believe they will get the instant numbers, if you can lure over to your side, that would the fastest and most immediate impact in the next couple of elections. >> it's a political tactic. it's not necessarily a substantive move. >> real quick. we're almost out of time. grover norquist was on. i want your response to this. he commented on romney's loss. let's play it quickly, please. >> well, we just had an election, and the house of representatives was elected, committed to keeping taxes low. the president was committed, elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head and you should vote against romney. he won by two points, but he didn't make the case to have highe
obama. >> that's the fastest growing segment of the population. yes, they're slowly coming up to the reality they have to do something about latinos, but what about the rest of people in the country? what are they doing about women in the country? there's a diverse nation out here that they don't even recognize except for one chunk, the latino community. >> they believe they will get the instant numbers, if you can lure over to your side, that would the fastest and most immediate...
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the obama cam paper and now the obama white house has framed this in such a way that all these politicians who had been dug in before are saying, hmm. you know, we've got to do something here because how can you come out and say, no, no, no, let's not tax the rich. the question is as you say how do they get there, and think what they're going to try to do is come up with a lot of different caveats to have people save face so that some of these people from the very red states they say, well, okay, we're going to protect small businesses, we'll take them out of it. we're going to protect this person and that person. so as long as anybody can say -- go back to their districts and say we did something for you, but, you know, it's the real rich people we're going to go after, don't worry, you're not going to be hurt. >> it's interesting, lois. "the new york times" mentions one compromise. they seau loi effective tax rates rise for the wealthy woupt technically raising the top tax rate of 35% which would fall in line to some degree where everyone can kind of save face there. >> right. exactly. a
the obama cam paper and now the obama white house has framed this in such a way that all these politicians who had been dug in before are saying, hmm. you know, we've got to do something here because how can you come out and say, no, no, no, let's not tax the rich. the question is as you say how do they get there, and think what they're going to try to do is come up with a lot of different caveats to have people save face so that some of these people from the very red states they say, well,...
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here is a little more of what president obama had to say today. take a listen. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family. everybody here, you'll see your taxes go up on january 1st. i mean, i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> reporter: timothy geithner put forth the president's sort of starting bid while he was on the hill on thursday. it includes $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $400 billion in cuts to medicare and other entitlements which will take place at a later date, and also about $50 billion in new stimulus spending. republicans are essentially calling it a nonstarter today. majority leader eric cantor said that it's not a serious proposal. as you heard, house speaker john boehner essentially said that this isn't something that we can work with. their main sticking point are the taxes number one, it's about twice what they would be willing to talk about, a
here is a little more of what president obama had to say today. take a listen. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family. everybody here, you'll see your taxes go up on january 1st. i mean, i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> reporter: timothy geithner put forth the president's sort of starting...
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with the new egyptian government toward a new promise and president obama reiterated america's commitment to israel's security and right to defend itself. the cease-fire announced 90 minutes ago with secretary of state hillary clinton and egypt's foreign minister standing side by side. secretary clinton calling the agreement a step in the right direction. >> united states welcomes the agreement today for a cease-fire in gaza. the rocket attacks must end. a broader, calmer return. the people of the region deserve the chance to live free from fear and violence and today's agreement is a step in the right direction that we should build on. >> today's announcement follows secretary clinton's diplomatic barnstorm through the middle east and made stops in egypt, west bank and egypt. and it follows more than a week of cross border rocket fire exchanges between israel and hamas in gaza. now, that has left 100 people dead. joining me now from gaza is nbc news foreign correspondent amman mulhadeen. i saw you turn around and notice the night skylight up behind you. that was a minute within the cease
with the new egyptian government toward a new promise and president obama reiterated america's commitment to israel's security and right to defend itself. the cease-fire announced 90 minutes ago with secretary of state hillary clinton and egypt's foreign minister standing side by side. secretary clinton calling the agreement a step in the right direction. >> united states welcomes the agreement today for a cease-fire in gaza. the rocket attacks must end. a broader, calmer return. the...
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why though is president obama headed back out on the trail now? >> they still dream of getting the whalers back some day, but for today, we'll talk expectations for the president's second
why though is president obama headed back out on the trail now? >> they still dream of getting the whalers back some day, but for today, we'll talk expectations for the president's second
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coming up, president obama's new fiscal cliff strategy revealed. the president taking a page from his campaign. he's trying to get the public on his side when it comes to extending the bush tax cuts for the middle class. do the exit polls show he has the public on his side? chris van hollen will join us live. plus, another day of deadly protests in cairo over egypt's president morsi's new sweeping powers that he is seeking. we'll get a live report. plus, the former head of florida's republican party, he's making a stunning claim about the state's early voting law saying it was deliberately designed to suppress minority votes. it's just one of the things we thought you should know. join our conversation on twitter. you can find us at @tamronhall and at @newsnation. a winter wonderland doesn't just happen. it takes some doing. some coordinating. and a trip to the one place with the new ideas that help us pull it all together. from the things that hang and shine... ...to the things that sparkle and jingle. all while saving the things that go in our wa
coming up, president obama's new fiscal cliff strategy revealed. the president taking a page from his campaign. he's trying to get the public on his side when it comes to extending the bush tax cuts for the middle class. do the exit polls show he has the public on his side? chris van hollen will join us live. plus, another day of deadly protests in cairo over egypt's president morsi's new sweeping powers that he is seeking. we'll get a live report. plus, the former head of florida's republican...
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